It’s important because I am their sister, I go to meetings with them, wear the same clothes as them, attend the same school and many of the same classes but I am still thought of as less and I can be in danger of my life because of my skin color.

God gifted us with our unique lives and stories and He uses them to share His glory. As we come together at Urbana15, our stories and our lives are meant to be in harmony as the body of Christ, so we must lean in, even when it is uncomfortable, we must listen to the stories around us which point to the work that God is doing in us and throughout the world.